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APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1913.

1,089,289, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

COLUMIHI} PLANOGRAPH CO..\\'/\SHINGTON. n. c.

NED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STACY C. THOMPSON, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STAoY C. Tnoarrson, of Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tables and the like and more particularly to means for connecting a pedestal with a supporting base and also with a part to be sup ported by the pedestal,the object of the invention being to so construct such a device as to insure the rigidity of the same when in use and to also permit the structure to be readily taken apart and compactly stored for transportation.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improvements, and Figs. 2, 3, 4L and 5 are detail views of the separate parts.

1 represents a basecomprising horizontally disposed legs 2 arranged at right angles to each other. The leg members 2 are provided centrally between their ends with notches 8 so as to permit said legs to be arranged in interlocked relation when disposed at right angles to each other. ,Ilach leg member 2 is made with a mortise or recess in each of its faces and at respective sides of the notch 3. When the two leg members are placed together at right angles to each other the mortises or recesses 4 of the respective leg portions will form sockets into which projecting portions 5 of a pedestal 6 will be inserted. In constructing the pedestal 6, I provide the lower portion thereof with slots 7-7 disposed at rightangles to each other so as to form the projecting portions 5 above referred to. The slots 77 receive the leg portions 2 where the same cross each 0ther,-thus tying said leg portions together and the projections 5 formed by said slots will enter the mortises i and constitute efiectual braces for said legs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 29, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Serial No. 745,044.

and prevent the Wabbling or twisting of the base and also of the pedestal. The pedestal is provided at its upper end with slots 8 disposed at right angles to each other for facilitating the removable attachment thereto of a table top 9,the latter being so con structed that it may be converted into a box to receive the other parts of the structure for storing the same. The table top thus comprises two rectangular members 10-10, each having side flanges 1112 and end flanges 13. The inner side flanges 11 of the two box members are connected by hinges 14 and said flanges 11 are provided cent-rally between their ends, with notches 15 which aline with each other when the box or table top is open.

A removable cross-bar or brace 16 ex tends transversely through the box members 10 and is provided at its center with a notch 17 for the accommodation of the flanges 11. The flanges 11 are recessed or mortised, as at 18, at respective sides of the notches 15 and the brace or cross-bar 16 is mortised or recessed as at 19 at respective sides of the notch 17 in said cross-bar or brace. The recessed or mortised portions of the flanges 11 and the cross-bar or brace 16 thus form a plurality of sockets into which the projecting portions 20 (formed by the slotting of the upper end of the pedestal) project. In this manner the connection of the table top with the pedestal will be firm and rigid.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettors-Patent, is:

1. The combination of a base comprising interlocking leg portions, each having mortises or recesses in its respective faces in proximity to the juncture of the interlocking connection between said leg members, and a pedestal provided with slots to receive said leg portions, the slotted lower end of said pedestal forming projections entering sockets afforded by the recessed or mortised faces of said leg members.

2. A knock-down table comprising a pedestal provided at each of its ends with transverse slots, a base portion comprising interlocking leg members, each having recessed or mortised faces receiving the projecting portions afforded by the slotting of the lower end of the pedestal, a top provided with longitudinal and transverse interlocking In testimony whereof I have signed this members, each having; recessed or inortised specification in the presence of two subscribfaces adjacent to their interlocking jnncing witnesses.

ture, said recessed or mortised faces forming sockets receiving the projecting portions of the pedestal afforded by the slotting or" the upper end of the latter.

STACY C. THOMPSON. Witnesses F. H. STONE, JAMES L. SIBBEN.

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